Warner Bros Games San Diego is on a hiring spree right now, plotting what appears to be a “new AAA, free-to-play, cross-platform game”. That’s according to a job listing for a Game Systems Designer, but there are tons of other posts which reference similar things. The open Senior Combat Designer role, for example, talks about “abilities and combat systems for a new cross-platform AAA game”.
And yes, among the listings, there is also mention of “economies”, which are a staple of free-to-play games. So, what’s the project? Well, judging by the sheer number of open positions, we’re going to assume it’ll be a while before we find out; these roles will likely need to be filled before work can begin on the game fully.
The idea of a AAA free-to-play title intrigues us, though: there’s no doubt that titles like Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, and more recently Genshin Impact have changed the game for publishers; these are outrageously high production efforts that are completely free to download. With its enormous stable of intellectual property, there are a ton of directions Warner Bros Games could go here.
[source careers.wbgames.com, via careers.wbgames.com, careers.wbgames.com, exputer.com]
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"AAA" and "Free-to-play" are oxymoronic terms and should never be used in a sentence together lol
Like I get stuff like Fortnite but isn't Battle Royale like not even the main mode in that game? It just got more popular than the actual story mode
Can we just get a DC Universe Online that looks like as beautiful as Destiny please
Superman 64 sequel🤔.haha.word up son
Going to use the Nemesis System you a-holes?
Games that are free to play, fair enough. The problem is that the bigger the company and higher budget, the more money they’ll have to make from dodgy monetisation.
F2P = *****. Therefore Zero interest.
Remember that question a little while back about what Pushsquare should report on?
Yeah, mobile and free to play crap can be ignored. Thank you.
@Hyperluminal boo hoo. How about other companies strive to innovate rather than copy something that worked well in one game and then promptly bombed in its sequel.
***** WB Games
Genshin Impact has proven that a free to play game can still be great.
WB wanting to jump on the bandwagon too, I see.
@Milktastrophe
'boo hoo'?
OK if you want to talk to me rudely like a keyboard warrior I will be blunt. Are you joking? You think putting game mechanics behind a patent is good for the industry? Imagine if they all did that! Did you think when Nintendo patented the D-Pad that was good for the industry? Or when Sega patented directional arrows in games? Or why we haven't seen dual-reality action on one screen before like found in the recent Xbox game The Medium? That's because MS patented the effect. Ever wondered why when we had long load screens there was nothing to distract us whilst waiting? Thats because Namco patented mini-games during loading. Thanks Namco. Did you know Nintendo wanted to patent jumping in games?!! Imagine that! Thankfully most of these patents have expired.
You clearly don't understand how things work. The WB patent is so broad in its wording that it would be difficult for WB to defend it but the damage is done. Smaller publishers and developers won't have the financial muscle to go up against WB should WB decide that any part of the third party game mechanic resemble the Nemesis System. Its stifles innovation, not encourage it like you say it should.
Many developers in the games industry have gone on record with their disappointment at what WB has done. I agree with them.
Yeah no thanks, F2P and WB games? Sounds like a match made in heaven and you've got to love modern video game design where the monetisation model is decided long before what the game actually is
@TheFrenchiestFry If you look at the player count, battle royale is most definitely the "main" mode in Fortnite.
F2P i will always stay clear from that crap i dont have the control too stay away from predatory MT. Im playing Fallout Shelter i want too get that Platinum and then im done. F2P shows how too gimp a otherwise great game. That paywall, timewall it always makes a compromise let me pay so i can play without that crap.
@nessisonett F2P is a waste of a game it always needs too make a compromise and makes that fun games make you waste time or time.
Woah free-2-play you say 😯 the world would be a better place if we had more of those, I might just sing in the shower from all this excitement.
F2P Harry Potter game? Count me in!
@Gunnerzaurus
Different markets. Free to play and pay to win games are very successful hang out spaces and slot machines respectively.
If people wish to classify them in the same way as traditional videogames that’s up to them, I don’t make that same judgement call.
Didn't Diablo have a Nemesis system first?
I prefer to pay for a game instead to be pushed on top of loot boxes and microtransactions
Can we now just officially say WB is the worst publisher?
Though that title has incredibly little meaning these days. It's like picking the worst smelling moldy pumpkin.
Unfortunately for Warner Brothers, Activision has patented the concept of a free-to-play video game, so the project has been canned.
@NEStalgia
Indeed. EA uses (but says they don't) an algorithm for their multiplayer games where they match you with people with desirable DLC and in matches which they predict you'll lose, all so you will be tempted to buy the DLC. After you buy it, they make sure to put you in a match you'll win. Their multiplayer games are essentially rigged. EA, Ubisoft, Activision, WB, 2K, all the big publishers have major dirt.
The trailer for that suicide squad game made it look like a free to play battle royale type game tbh
they looked at the dumpster fire that was avengers and think they can do better, they probably wont
I don't trust WB to make a AAA f2p they're greedy with full price games as it is.
Genshin is amazing...WB should throw money at the developer behind it.
@LemonHaze are you crying? get mummy to kiss it better 😘
@Gunnerzaurus
Read what I said again. There were two options I gave as examples of games that don’t need to be classified in the same way as traditional videogames. You missed the one that applies to the games you mentioned.
Those games that rely on the drip feed of pocket money from gullible children who don’t know any better, simply because it’s the “in thing” are not the same category to me as the games I’d rather this site cover. I don’t see why you need to take issue with that.
Timing is everything, this would be DOA. The f2p/games as a service space has more than reached saturation point plus Governments are starting to wise up and bring the ban hammer down on loot boxes.
Any chance of changing the Genshin impact link to the PS4 version?
I wanted more info and after clicking around there is only 1 news story, only after chaning the URL from ps5 to ps4 did i get anything worth reading.
@Gunnerzaurus
It was hyperbole admittedly, of course not only children are childish and led by fads and addiction to manipulative stimuli. The adult equivalents are commonly referred to as “whales”, and it is known that these “gamers” are relied upon to keep most free to play games afloat. Certain examples can be cherry picked to show otherwise of course, but generally I would not classify these type of activities as in the same category as a Last of Us or Bloodborn for example. Different mechanics, target demographics, monetisation strategy, etc, etc.
If you want to (unhelpfully IMO) lump everything under the one generic term though, go ahead, I’ll just agree to disagree.
@TheFrenchiestFry Yeah, I believe it just started out as the save the world mode then they added the battle royale. I remember it like it was yesterday, I was like hm this looks like plants vs zombies
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